Templates

Scrivener Scrivener for Windows
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Windows 7 Home Premium
build .23

When I try to create a template based on a Project I’ve developed, I followed the instructions found in the User Manual. So, for example, the new template is called abc. When I try to create a New Project based on the template abc, all that is created is a blank template with none of the attributes I saved for the abc template.

Will Windows 1.0 be able to create new templates? Does this build, .23, create templates? If it does, am I doing something wrong?

Thanks for your help.

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I unstalled all previous versions of Scrivener’s for Windows. My first download was with .19. I also deleted Scrivener files and folders located on my hard drive, then I downloaded and installed Scrivener’s .23.

I tried creating a fiction template of my own, and all it did was create a blank template. I tried creating a fiction template based upon one of the templates found in fiction, of which I modified to make a different template. Still created a blank template.

I read that this was fixed in build .23:

6. Templates now work as expected and no longer open to blank template. Fixed.

So, am I missing something or doing something wrong? Sure would like to create an original template.

Any suggestions would be most appreciated.

Thanks.

Paul

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Hi Paul,

No, it appears to be a bug; I just checked it on XP and got the same problem. The note about the fix for 023 was for standard templates–in 023 all templates loaded a blank project, not just user-created ones. But it appears this is still a problem for user-created templates. Thanks for pointing that out.

In the meantime, you can use Windows Explorer to duplicate your template project when it’s closed and then use the duplicate as a new project “created” from the template. It’s exactly the same thing, just a little more manual effort. So keep your template project around, and once this bug gets fixed you’ll be able to save it properly as a template and then create new projects with it via the startup menu.

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Thanks mucho. Just knowing that the bug will be fixed in later builds is good enough for me, but I’ll try your advice for now on saving the template I created.

Love Scrivener. :smiley:

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Hi,

I was wondering if this had been fixed yet?

Thanks!